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My question is this: Will the Heat also be fined for doing the same thing? The last two games of the season last year the Heat benched LBJ, Wade and Bosh.

TERRIBLE logic. This season is young and fans expect to see teams at full strength (injuries as an exception of course). Games at the END of the season are when you are supposed to rest your big names.

I'm not saying I like Stern but don't bring up something this stupid trying to stir up some hate.

Nets '13-'14 Season: 44-38 (Last Season 49-33)

Originally Posted by elledaddy

They COULD win but so can IND,NYK,CHI....
Im picking the NETS to lose to IND in the first round in the 4/5 matchup
Quote me

TERRIBLE logic. This season is young and fans expect to see teams at full strength (injuries as an exception of course). Games at the END of the season are when you are supposed to rest your big names.

I'm not saying I like Stern but don't bring up something this stupid trying to stir up some hate.

Is that a rule or something?!?! Get real....

If your team played 4 games in 5 days and you want to give your starters the night off for busting there butts so many nights in a row there is no fault on the coach or team for that... The league is to blame for terrible scheduling not the team resting there over worked players and looking out for there teams and core players best interests.

It's not like they were on Miami's schedule anyway where they played 3 games in 12 days.

Originally Posted by knicksfan42

...For me a large part of it is that they were rivals. LeBron vs Wade was a great rivalry and for them to team up just doesn't sit right with me. It would've been cool if LeBron had gone to the Bulls.....
and Bosh to the Heat to join Wade. That would've been awesome... I would've respected LeBron way more if he went there.

Why have great rivals when you can join them and have none.... Lebron James where losing the spirit of competition happens!

If your team played 4 games in 5 days and you want to give your starters the night off for busting there butts so many nights in a row there is no fault on the coach or team for that... The league is to blame for terrible scheduling not the team resting there over worked players and looking out for there teams and core players best interests.

It's not like they were on Miami's schedule anyway where they played 3 games in 12 days.

Or should the Spurs have saw the Heat were on the back end of it and rested their stars prior so you could have them against the defending champs on national television...I blame the Spurs.

Also, of course it is not a rule don't be a smartass.

Nets '13-'14 Season: 44-38 (Last Season 49-33)

Originally Posted by elledaddy

They COULD win but so can IND,NYK,CHI....
Im picking the NETS to lose to IND in the first round in the 4/5 matchup
Quote me

Or should the Spurs have saw the Heat were on the back end of it and rested their stars prior so you could have them against the defending champs on national television...I blame the Spurs.

Idiotic, a win is what they care about. Ask yourself if its easier to beat the Heat or whatever bum team they played before them. Why would you rest your players for the HARDER team? It was a no lose situation for Pop. Either his scrubs get blown out and its an understandable learning experience OR his 2nd unit makes a game out of it and gains that much more confidence. GENIUS

"It’s absolutely ludicrous” (to judge players based on whether they’ve won a title.)

Or should the Spurs have saw the Heat were on the back end of it and rested their stars prior so you could have them against the defending champs on national television...I blame the Spurs.

Also, of course it is not a rule don't be a smartass.

LOL the reason Pop rested his players against miami was to maximize his wins potential. Pop saw the schedule and knew the chance to lose against miami was higher then other games so he rested them that game instead resting them another game losing then playing miami and possibly losing again.

As we all know the Spurs have been fined $250 000 for not playing the big three. My question is this: Will the Heat also be fined for doing the same thing? The last two games of the season last year the Heat benched LBJ, Wade and Bosh. Since Stern thinks this is a fine-worthy offense, is he going to go back and retrospectively fine other teams that have done this?

I was at the game against the celtics and all these people that are *****ing about the spurs didn't say **** last year

Originally Posted by Bullseyed

I kind of agree with this, but then we'd end up will BB in a helicopter trying to fly over random football fields all over the country.